'Kinky Boots' leads Tony nominees

Updated 5:59 pm, Tuesday, April 30, 2013

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Tom Hanks received a Tony nomination for best leading actor in “Lucky Guy.”

Tom Hanks received a Tony nomination for best leading actor in “Lucky Guy.”

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This theater image released by The O+M Company shows the cast during a performance of the musical "Kinky Boots." The Cyndi Lauper-scored "Kinky Boots" has earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. "Kinky Boots" is based on the 2005 British movie about a real-life shoe factory that struggles until it finds new life in fetish footwear. The awards will be broadcast on CBS from Radio City Music Hall on June 9. (AP Photo/The O+M Company, Matthew Murphy)

This theater image released by The O+M Company shows the cast during a performance of the musical "Kinky Boots." The Cyndi Lauper-scored "Kinky Boots" has earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations, Tuesday,

NEW YORK — The Cyndi Lauper-scored “Kinky Boots” has earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations, with the British import “Matilda: The Musical” close behind with 12. Tom Hanks, making his Broadway debut, earned a nod as leading man in a play.

“Kinky Boots” is based on the 2005 British movie about a real-life shoe factory that struggles until it finds new life in fetish footwear. Lauper's songs and a story by Harvey Fierstein have made it a crowd-pleaser.

“I walked my dog early this morning so I'd be back in time to listen to the announcement. It's so great. It's so great. I'm done crying a little bit. But I'm still thrilled and a little stunned,” said Lauper, who is making her Broadway debut as a musical writer.

The “Kinky Boots” haul did not match the record number of nominations for a musical, which is 15, set by “The Producers” in 2001 and “Billy Elliot” in 2009.

“Lucky Guy,” Nora Ephron's portrait of Mike McAlary, a gutsy New York City newspaper columnist who won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing that a Haitian immigrant had been sodomized by police officers in 1997, got six nominations, including one for Hanks as McAlary.

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: "A Christmas Story, The Musical," "Hands on a Hardbody," "Kinky Boots," "Matilda The Musical."

Best Revival of a Play: "Golden Boy," "Orphans," "The Trip to Bountiful," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

Best Revival of a Musical: "Annie," "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," "Pippin," "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella."

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Tom Hanks, "Lucky Guy"; Nathan Lane, "The Nance"; Tracy Letts, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"; David Hyde Pierce, "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike"; Tom Sturridge, "Orphans."

Best Performance by an Actress in Leading Role in a Play: Laurie Metcalf, "The Other Place"; Amy Morton, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"; Kristine Nielsen, "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike"; Holland Taylor, "Ann"; Cicely Tyson, "The Trip to Bountiful."

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Stephanie J. Block, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"; Carolee Carmello, "Scandalous"; Valisia LeKae, "Motown The Musical"; Patina Miller, "Pippin"; Laura Osnes, "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella."

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: Danny Burstein, "Golden Boy"; Richard Kind, "The Big Knife"; Billy Magnussen, "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike"; Tony Shalhoub, "Golden Boy"; Courtney B. Vance, "Lucky Guy."

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Carrie Coon, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"; Shalita Grant, "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike"; Judith Ivey, "The Heiress"; Judith Light, "The Assembled Parties"; Condola Rashad, "The Trip to Bountiful."

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Charl Brown, "Motown The Musical"; Keith Carradine, "Hands on a Hardbody"; Will Chase, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"; Gabriel Ebert, "Matilda The Musical"; Terrence Mann, "Pippin."

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Annaleigh Ashford, "Kinky Boots"; Victoria Clark, "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella"; Andrea Martin, "Pippin"; Keala Settle, "Hands on a Hardbody"; Lauren Ward, "Matilda The Musical."